(209075) Kathleenharmon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 2003 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Kathleen A. Harmon (b. 1968) is an American systems engineer for at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She served as the Deep Space Network Mission Interface Manager for the NASA New Horizons mission flyby of Arrokoth in the Kuiper belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kathleenharmon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathleenharmon is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 209075 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 QM114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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